Endless Riff has been broadcasting a few Rockwood shows once in a while, but at the moment they're still only in one room.

Just last week, for the first time they broadcast from a different venue, using a webstream that another company was providing. The virtal venue was a generic venue that could be any place, instead of made to look like the actual theater for the real concert, and it had Halloween decorations. There were also Halloween themed avatars, but at one point everyone decided to change to Elvis, so that was fun.

The webstream worked great, so they could theoretically broadcast any event...but usage still seems very low. There are big corporate companies also building this sort of thing. In general, the slow adoption rate for VR is really hurting the tiny indie dev teams. We'll see what happens.

It isn't Facebook Official yet, but I am super stoked to say that Sunday's shows will be streaming! Watch in headset or on facebook.com/endlessriffFB Live doesn't allow simulcasting to other platforms, but I believe we'll be able to repost it later.

So I saw and heard the 9 pm show, live. I watched some of the stream on my (actually, my wife's) large screen Samsung and I managed to try out a VR headset.

The electronics provide convenience, but they can't match the experience of a live show in SoHo, with Vienna on stage. Maybe I'll live long enough to experience VR without those goggles. SoHo has lost a bit of charm since my last visit, though.